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Wallabies issue dire update on captain Ala'alatoa
By AAP
Star Wallabies prop Allan Ala'alatoa will miss the Rugby World Cup after he was stretchered off the MCG during the Bledisloe Cup clash with New Zealand.
With three minutes remaining in the first half and the Australians trailing 12-7, the prop's leg got caught as a scrum went to ground with Alaalaota appearing in obvious pain.
He was seen on the field post-match on crutches.
Coach Eddie Jones confirmed the 29-year-old had suffered a serious injury which will rule him out of the tournament in France, starting early September.
"He's got a fairly serious injury I would suggest, an Achilles," Jones said after the match.
The prop was leading the team with the two Wallabies' co-captains off the field.
James Slipper started on the bench while Michael Hooper is sidelined with a calf injury.
The Wallabies also lost Alaalatoa's replacement Taniela Tupou midway through the second half with a rib injury.
He's unlikely to be a vailable for the second Bledisloe Cup Test in Dunedin next Saturday while Jones confirmed Hooper would also remain in Australia.
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It is if he thinks he’s got hold of the ball and there is at least one other player between him and the ball carrier, which is why he has to reach around and over their heads. Not a deliberate action for me.
Go to commentsI understand, but England 30 years ago were a set piece focused kick heavy team not big on using backs.
Same as now.
South African sides from any period will have a big bunch of forwards smashing it up and a first five booting everything in their own half.
NZ until recently rarely if ever scrummed for penalties; the scrum is to attack from, broken play, not structured is what we’re after.
Same as now.
These are ways of playing very ingrained into the culture.
If you were in an English club team and were off to Fiji for a game against a club team you’d never heard of and had no footage of, how would you prepare?
For a forward dominated grind or would you assume they will throw the ball about because they are Fijian?
A Fiji way. An English way.
An Australian way depends on who you’ve scraped together that hasn’t been picked off by AFL or NRL, and that changes from generation to generation a lot of the time.
Actually, maybe that is their style. In fact, yes they have a style.
Nevermind. Fuggit I’ve typed it all out now.
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